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foothills

noun

plural of foothill
as in highlands

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothills
  1. highlands
  2. knolls
  3. mountains
  4. uplands
  5. altitudes
  6. elevations
  7. knobs
  8. eminences
Noun
  • The Klamath mountains, the northern Coast Range, the Shasta highlands, have little light pollution.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The show is filmed on a sprawling, 19th-century estate and inside a castle in the Scottish highlands.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • All the country is rolling, and there are a few granite outcrops from 50 to 200 feet high—sort of knolls or knobs.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of knolls
Noun
  • To capture how Africa’s varied ecosystems shape the animals that live within them, film crews were sent to deserts, forests, jungles, mountains and islands.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Historian Keri Leigh Merritt hopes to change that with this fresh look at the rabble-rouser from the North Georgia mountains.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Definition of uplands
Noun
  • It’s also tested across millions of miles in testing environments, ranging from the 50‑degree heat of the desert and sub‑40‑degree cold of the Arctic, to altitudes of 10,000 ft in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The fourth is a biothermoshock Gesha ($12) grown in high altitudes, moving from extreme hot and cold temperatures over a short period of time.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of altitudes
Noun
  • Portions of the Big Island could see locally more than a foot of rain, in some spots up to 16 inches in the higher elevations, and this could cause catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For peak fall color, plan to visit around the first week of October, when the higher elevations typically begin to turn.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of elevations
Noun
  • Original moldings, door knobs, and wood paneling have been preserved, but spaces have been shaped for contemporary use including made disabled-accessible.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Then, gently pull or twist the knobs (depending on your appliance) to remove them.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of eminences
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“Foothills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothills. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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